OFD Ostfriesischer-Flug-Dienst GmbH (German for ''East Frisian Flight Service''), usually shortened to OFD, is a German

regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...

headquartered in

Emden Emden () is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia and, in 2011, had a total population of 51,528. History The exact founding date of E ...

and based at Emden Airport. It mainly operates charter and scheduled flights between the German

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...

coast and the East Frisian Islands, as well as to the island of

Helgoland Heligoland (; german: Helgoland, ; Heligolandic Frisian: , , Mooring Frisian: , da, Helgoland) is a small archipelago in the North Sea. A part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein since 1890, the islands were historically possessions ...

History

The history of OFD reaches back to its predecessor, which was founded in November 1958 as ''Ostfriesische Lufttaxi - Dekker und Janssen OHG'' - or ''OLT'' for short - to offer ad-hoc charters and sightseeing flights in

East Frisia East Frisia or East Friesland (german: Ostfriesland; ; stq, Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia ...

. By 1961, the demand had increased heavily and by 1968, OLT was the largest German regional airline.fliegofd.de - Historie
retrieved 16 January 2016 During the 1970s, as new investors were found, OLT expanded its services with scheduled flights between German cities such as Münster/Osnabrück-

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. From the late 1970s to the 1990s, the growing company has been reorganised several times to reflect their different fields of activity and new ownerships. In September 2011, as the scheduled flights section of OLT was sold to

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investors (and since went bankrupt), all island services were transferred into the independent company OFD which it is since.

Destinations

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As of January 2022, OFD serves the following scheduled domestic destinations in the German

area:fliegofd.de - Linienflüge
(German) retrieved 11 January 2022 *

Borkum Borkum ( nds, Borkum, Börkum) is an island and a municipality in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany. It is situated east of Rottumeroog and west of Juist. Geography Borkum is bordered to the west by the Westerems strait ...

- Borkum Airfield *

Cuxhaven Cuxhaven (; ) is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has ...

- Nordholz-Spieka Airfield (until May 2021

Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz () is a joint public and military airport serving Cuxhaven and Northern Germany. It is mainly used for general aviation and cargo traffic as the international seaports of Cuxhaven and Bremerhaven are only a few minut ...

) *

- Emden Airport base * Heide - Heide-Büsum Airport *

Heligoland Airfield Heligoland Airport (also known as Helgoland Airfield) is an airfield on the German island of Düne, the smaller of the two isles of the Heligoland archipelago in the North Sea, about from the mainland. History The first military airfield on ...

* Uetersen -

Uetersen Airfield Uetersen Airfield is an aerodrome near the town of Uetersen in the district of Pinneberg (district), Pinneberg within the municipalities of Heist, Germany, Heist and Appen. History As early as 1928, there were deliberations to construct a Gl ...

Seasonal

Fleet

As of May 2022, the OFD fleet consists of the following aircraft:fliegofd.de - Die Flotte
(German) retrieved 8 May 2022 * 5

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* 1 GippsAero GA8 Airvan

References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines_of_Germany Airlines established in 1958 Airlines of Germany 1958 establishments in Germany